Arabidopsis Cor15am is a chloroplast stromal protein that has cryoprotective activity and forms oligomers

Plant Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 513-523

  Nakayama, Katsuhiro ^a   Okawa, Kumiko ^a   Kakizaki, Tomohiro ^a   Honma, Takenori ^b   Itoh, Hideaki ^b   Inaba, Takehito ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLOROPHYLL; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYPEPTIDES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CRYOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY; FREEZING INJURY; GEL-FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLLS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34250683382     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.094581     Document Type: Article

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